Přehled o publikaci
2021
Brazil's Comparative Advantages and Specialization Dynamics in Agri-food Trade
ZDRÁHAL, Ivo; Martin HRABÁLEK; Petr KADLEC and Oldřich KRPECBasic information
Original name
Brazil's Comparative Advantages and Specialization Dynamics in Agri-food Trade
Authors
ZDRÁHAL, Ivo; Martin HRABÁLEK; Petr KADLEC and Oldřich KRPEC
Edition
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Praha, Faculty of Economics and Management CULS Prague, 2021, 1804-1930
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/21:00123634
Organization
Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
EID Scopus
Keywords in English
European Union; Liberalization; Markov Chain Model; MERCOSUR; Specialization
Changed: 11/5/2023 04:15, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík
Abstract
In the original language
In the last decades Brazil has become a global agri-food powerhouse. The article interrogates the shape and its stability of revealed comparative advantages in 46 of its agri-food products for the period 1995-2017. The results support the argument that the Brazil's agri-food trade was formed by comparative advantages of specific agri-food sectors. The results show that the external shape of agri-food specialization has strengthened, first since early 2000s and second when the trade shifted more towards China. The pattern was stable according revealed comparative (dis)advantage of particular products, more changes occurred in each product's score and in ranking of products. Products without initial comparative advantage seem to remain uncompetitive whilst the products with strong initial comparative advantage continue to be competitive. The persistence in distribution has increased. This suggests, the shape of Brazil's revealed comparative advantage in agri-food trade has evolved towards its finite structure (ceteris paribus).